Neil Oliver is like a smooth Scottish whiskey poured into my ears. I am going to play this as I go to sleep, it is like a natural history lullaby for the insomniac.

It's amazing how passionate these people are when talking about the archaeological artifacts they show. It's contagious!

The older I get the more I appreciate history the lessons the stories. Will cause you to reflect on how we live and die today some people are blind to history they're doomed to repeat history.

This is one of the best videos I've ever and I mean ever saw about the Celtic roots. Thank you for not forgetting the Lusitanian Celts of PORTUGAL. Love the production Value.

I really appreciate having this documentary series to view on KZfaq. Watching this Celtic history series helps me understand my ancestry. A medical diagnosis from numerous tests, body scan, I inherited a rare bone disease known only of those of British ancestry. This gives me more questions than answers about who, what, where this rare bone disease is found when ancient graves are dug up.

We have visited the site of very ancient and prosperous cultures, and this narration is absolutely astonishing and informative, thanks.

Neil Oliver slays me. Ever watch Coast? Every time they go north of the Scottish border, he goes all giddy. Love it. Bless him, such a wee daftie for Scotland

Just got my ancestry results in, and was surprised at the very large amount of celtic ancestry in my DNA. Watching this documentary with a new appreciation. I loved celtic history before, but knowing what I know now, this takes on a whole new meaning to me.

A Scot saying the word "poor" makes that word sound noble

I've always wanted to know about the Celts. Thanks to you both you have achieved this

I HAVE BEEN A HUGE FAN OF BBC FOR THE LONGEST TIME. BBC DOES THE MOST AMAZING DOCUMENTARIES. MY GOODNESS THEY KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING. THIS IS ABSOLUTELLY AN AMAZING WORK.

45:15 such a beautiful landscape. a awesome documentary they make a good pair thank you for the upload.

My family came from galica an we are proud of our celtic roots

I had never heard of "Hallstatt" or the "Hallstatt Celtic period", fascinating!

There’s nothing like good English documentaries. They make me think about all the nice ones I have seen in my youth. In those days one could actually learn something from watching tv. Nowadays there’s mostly crap on. Thanks so much for uploading this seen I’m not from the UK I ‘d otherwise would not have been able to watch this.

I could listen to Neil Oliver talk all day...Thank you for uploading this!!!

Wow. Just wow. The bronze couch on wheels is amazing! I think this documentary is better than "Britain AD".

In ancient times, Hundreds of years before the dawn of history Lived a strange race of people, the Druids No one knows who they were or what they were doing But their legacy remains Hewn into the living rock, of Stonehenge

Overwhelmed with information; I love this. The architecture, the art...just wow! I learned much today. Oliver and Roberts, are an amazing team of information. I thoroughly enjoyed this presentation. I can't wait to see part 2, and learn more of my ancestors. :)

omg a documentary on youtube that is not blurry 10/10

Thank you, very enjoyable instruction. Here in the US we are taught little of history and then it's nothing but lies. This helps us know the world better. Also, beautiful voices. I wish more Irish would come to the US.

This documentary is fascinating, but it has also impressed upon me how uncertain life must have been in those times. Marauding bands of armed men appearing on the horizon to take your land and possibly kill you must have been terrifying!

The narrators make this easy to listen to, great writing. Thank you.

Thank you for the subtitles. totally made my day

The charge of Celts, wow!, it got my blood going. Pride in my ancestors at that moment, even if it is a re-enactment.

I would gladly listen to Neil Oliver reading the phone book.

Love listening to Dr Neil Oliver talk. That Scottish Brogue is something special. I like both of their voices. Good stuff to help you fall asleep.

I was lucky enough once to purchase a small collection of Roman finger rings, but the pride of place in my small collection is an undeniable Celtic ring. Once cleaned, it showed mythical animals around the outside, meeting in two heads of dragons or whatever in the middle where a gem would have been, but is sadly missing now. The ring is a thing of pure beauty, small as it is, and definitely my most wonderful ancient artefact in my posession. It is not actually very valuable, but priceless to me because of its wonderful Celtic beauty.

@ 54:04 Neil Oliver says the Celts burnt the "imperial" city to the ground. This is a misnomer because Rome at the time was still a republic. Imperial Rome did not begin until 363 years later on 27 BC with the reign of Augustus.

And there it is. The Documentary scream: "Yyyeeaarrrrrgggggggghhhhh!"

Alice Roberts is such a delight. Her eyes and voice keeps me interested in everything she talks about, so thank god it's mostly history.

Neil is a favorite narrator of mine. I adore his accent and pronunciation of words. No doubt or guessing what he means to say !!

LONG LIVE THE CELTS!!! 💥🔥⚡️💕

I am from the Celtic Tribe of the Nervii(the word nervous comes from my tribe and I am nervous when I have to fight but I am really much braver then the North-Africans, they know we are ) in Belgica. The bravest Celts of the Celts according Julius Caesar. It saved me a lot of times when fighting against North Africans in Brussels(44 times). North of Brussels, Flemish-Brabant. I can tell stories en show locations from the time of Julius Caesar. The marks and roads from that period are still here.

Delightful, thank you so much for your effort.... enjoying these immensely... Looking forward to #3.... yes?

Alice Roberts is such a beautiful young woman with a lovely soft, English voice - and Neil Oliver is your typical Scot, in looks and unforgettable accent. What a brilliant team !

Such a wonderful documentary. looking forward to the next installments. Thank you so much for this. Neil is my favorite face of celtic documentaries, the addition of never before known to me Alice Roberts is a big plus. Intelligent, engaging, curious, as well as down right as pleasing on the ears and eyes as Neil Oliver himself. Moar of these two please!

Celts lived south of the Alps too, I'm from a city called Torino, it was called Augusta Taurinorum during Roman times, my region Piedmont was called gallia cisalpina (in Italian, forgot how they called it in Latin), or the Gaul on this side of the Alps. When the Romans conquered Piedmont they incorporated the religious beliefs of the local celts into their own. The local celtic tribes worshipped the bull. The Romans named my city, Augusta Taurinorum or the city of the bulls, temples had bulls alongside Roman deities. To this day the symbol of the city is the bull, the football team I support is called Toro (bull in Italian). It's a proof that the Romans not always destroyed celtic traditions, but in many cases incorporated them into their own. Mind that this area was conquered before Gaul, before Julius Cesar, yet more than 2000 years later the signs of the ancient celtic tribes are still here, in the symbols, in the name of the city, even the modern name Torino, from Toro (bull).

Love these Documentaries Alice Roberts and Neil Oliver are always interesting, thanks so much..

I watched this on television years ago but am always up for watching it again.

thank you for posting!

Makes complete sense when you look at the Romans dealing the final blow to the druids in Wales. The Celts would travel to Wales and Ireland for spiritual and cultural guidance from the druid classes.

Very interesting documentary. Looking forward to viewing the next two episodes. Thanks for posting!!

Amazing documentary. Thanks very much for uploading this!

Fantastic! Thanks so much

The celts were on places with the "gal" particles on their name: Portugal, Galicia, Spain, Gales (Wales), The Gaelic speakers, Galos, (gaules), Galatasaray (Turkey). And others....

To Bart Herheyen; Thank you for posting this fascinating series.

It was removed a few years ago but im glad I watched it before that happened, but it was A History of Celtic Britain which was the 2nd part of the A History Of series, the first being A History of Ancient Britain which spans from the last Ice Age to the Bronze Age. That at least is still available on KZfaq. This is a nice consolation prize for those videos being removed.

I just love Neil Oliver's accent!!!!

As we have tall, redheaded, strong women in my family, and originated in Britain, I like to imagine sometimes that we are descended from Boudicca's tribal people. What a worthy role model!

Glad to have ancestrs that were Irish and Welsh and that they gave the Romans so much trouble but yet still survied!

Thankyou! I love ancient history.💕

Thank you for uploading, so much I haven't heard of before.

Neil Oliver is the total package. I'm just saying.

I could listen to those two all day... more from them please. :)

Neil Oliver accent is music to my ears

I am Mexican,but a large part of my family look irish,red or blonde hair with colored eyes..My sister's are really white one with blonde hair and one with fire red hair and green eyes.Two of my daughters look white,one has green eyes,the other is really pale white with blonde hair.Kids at her school thought she was white.I never understood why my family looked this way when we are Mexicans.Some people in my family look more irish then some of the people from Ireland that ive seen.My dad didn't look Mexican he was pale with freckles and a red beard.My grandfather looked the same but with green eyes.So i guess we got our looks from the Celts in Spain.I always wondered why we looked this way,but watching these types of documentaries has helped me find the clues.Thanks!

Is it just me or can scots make anything sound "awesom-er" lol

Thank you uploader. 2 of my favourite presenters.

Thank you so much for sharing this video. 🙂

_The Dying Gaul_ is a Roman copy of a Greek work. In Greek art male nudity symbolizes the highest heroism and divinity. The distinctive hairstyle, the moustache and torque, all iconic badges of Celtic identity, are accurately depicted by a sensitive and respectful artist. That's no mere "naked savage," as Neil suggests, but the embodiment of warlike virtues for a Graeco-Roman viewer to aspire to, and what still evokes emotions today in this timeless masterpiece.

awesome thank you so much for this, for those interest in The Celts and can get to London there is currently an expo on The Celts at The British Museum

This is so interesting. Thank you for making this video.

A very good documentary. Interesting 100% Thanks

Damn that Scottish accent ! You are making history sort of sexy Mr. OIiver..

The thing that always bothers me about these documentaries is the costumes of the actors playing the "Celts". They invariably wear brown rags and leather armor and are covered in filth aka the generic "barbarian". How hard would it be to contact a reenactment group to get an accurate representation?

thank you too , I love these the Coast presenters !

Love this doc. And I love Neil's Scottish accent! My family is Scots/Irish/English. One thing I notice about docs relating to Romans is how arrogant they were.

The Tarim mummies seem to show that the Celts existed much farther, and much earlier than a few hundred years BC.

thanks for the upload. fascinating that the Celts were in Portugal and into Spain.

Greetings from Turkey. Celts migrated to Anatolia in 278 BC and established a kingdom in Central Anatolia. Although the Celts preserved their language and culture for a long time, after a certain time they took Greek names and most of them became Greek. This situation continued until the 1000s AD. A French traveler who came to Anatolia during the Battle of Manzikert noticed that there was a tribe similar to them in Central Anatolia and wrote to the sources. In other words, although the majority of the Celts became Greek, they preserved a certain part of their culture. When the Turks came to Anatolia, this people is not mentioned at all. They probably became Muslims and became Turkish. The last place where the Celts settled in Anatolia is the city of Yozgat in Turkey. Among the Turks in Turkey, there are 3 regions with the most blond hair: 1) Thrace (Balkan) region 2) East Black Sea region 3) the city of Yozgat The reason why blond hair is common among Yozgat Turks is related to the Celts. In addition, this city has the highest rate of red hair in Turkey. So the Celts didn't go anywhere and they still live in Anatolia. It is said that 15% of the people in Turkey are Celtic.

Absolutely fascinating thank you

Mike Loades is an absolute legend!

The Celts did leave a written record. Ogham was the alphabet used in the 3rd century & Lepontic was one of the oldest attested Celtic languages.

Neil Oliver could read the Apple Privacy Document and it would sound fascinating. I miss him on COAST. The new guy is good, too, but it's just not the same without Neil's brogue and excited charm.

love these video..keep them coming

Love that Scottish accent!

Thank you.

Watching from NSW Australia. Thank you BV for the upload.

That was an amazing history lesson of the ancient Celtic empire and conquerors of Rome

My only negative feedback is the lack of quality in the subtitles. Whomever was providing the subtitle service needs to develop their ear quite a bit more.

'N'Ya-Celt, 'N'Ya-Gael, 'N'Ya-Galliacht: ALL one culture: And I but one scion thereof; as are various of my pan-European Bretheren. ... Kind and Respectful Regards, and warm Greetings to you both, Neil and Alice; my (now-distant) Cousin(e)s, Uyraell, NZ.

The Celtic afterlife reminds me of the Egyptians by the way they carry luxuries to their deaths. That's probably one of the many cultures that inspired Celtic culture.

Absolutely fascinating!

Love how the "killed" celtic chieftain just marches in the front line later again :D

I hate how we talk about them as if they’re gone. Modern people are their descendants. Very few to none are ever “wiped out”. They just change culture whether language, religion, etc over time but genes survive.

That Celtic horn is super cool.

Wonderful Documentary and everyone loves it as this Earth we inhabit is about to turn into a Powder Keg. We are living in the very end of Day's and we could all go anytime now. I wait for our Messiah's return, can barely wait. I pray you're all believers.

Europe's most enigmatic people? Maybe - but let's not forget entirely about the Etruscans or the Minoans.

Alice Roberts is a Celtic Goddess.

The Dying Gaul is actually an roman copy of an hellenistic statue. Here is what Wikipedia say: " The Dying Gaul, also called The Dying Galatian[1] (in Italian: Galata Morente) or The Dying Gladiator, is an Ancient Roman marble semi-recumbent statue now in the Capitoline Museums in Rome. It is a copy of a now lost sculpture from the Hellenistic period (323-31 BC) thought to have been made in bronze.[2] The original may have been commissioned at some time between 230 and 220 BC by Attalus I of Pergamon to celebrate his victory over the Galatians, the Celtic or Gaulish people of parts of Anatolia (modern Turkey). The original sculptor is believed to have been Epigonus, a court sculptor of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon".

My two favourite presenters- awesome!

The Scottish and Irish accents, to me, are sexy.

I have 7 medieval chairs belonged to the bards, metempsychosis druids, your looking at the symbol right now

So cool how the evidence of the upper body muscles on the skeleton being more prevalent than the lower body muscles can be explained by the evidence in the mines. So freaking cool

thanks for sharing!

Has any one looked at "The Dying Gaul" and really noticed the sword? It seems to have an unusually substantial cross guard for either a Celtic or Roman sword of that period.

Thank you very much!

Amazing, thanks!

Love the accent This is very interesting.The jewelry that was found was beautiful